Ink-bottle



2 (No Model.) L. H. THOMAS.

I INK BOTTLE.

No. 331,843. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

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LEVI H. THOMAS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

INK-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,853. dated December8, 1885.

Application filed January 12, 1885. Serial No. 152,598. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Lnvi H. Tnonns, a citizenof the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inInk-Bottles; and I do declare the following to he a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

WVriting-ink has hitherto been put up in bottles of glass andearthenware, which materials possess the advantage of not damaging theink by corrosion of the containing vessel. Bottles of glass andearthenware are,however, frequently broken in handling andtransportation, with great risk to adjacent goods. Such bottles, whenexposed to excessive cold, are also subject to breakage by reason of thefreezing of their contents. Ordinary metal cans,while more durable thanvessels of glass or earthenware, are unsuitable for containing ink onaccount of the corroding effect of the ink on the metal, and theconsequent deteriorationin the quality of the ink. These difficul tieshave been obviated at considerable expense by the employment of anink-bottle having a metallic body provided with an interior coating ofpitch, as described in Patent No. 286,893, to William A. Auble, datedOctober 16, 1883, and assigned to me. That bottle, being formed of metaland wood, is more durable than a bottle of glass or earthen ware, whileits interior coating of pitch preserves it from corrosion and preventsmelding of the ink, as well as other injury.

The object of the invention here presented is to reduce the expense ofmanufacture and provide for certain improvements in the ink bottle orcan described in the above-named patent; and to this end my inventionconsists of an ink-bottle or can having a paper or cardboard body, withrigid bottom and top, a metallic neck and spout, and an interior coatingof water-proof material, as hereinafter fully set forth.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawing, which represents avertical section of my improved ink bottle or can.

The body A of the ink-bottle is prcferabl y formed as a cylinder bywinding successive layers or sheets of paper on a mandrel and unitingthem by a suitable cement. Into each In order to render the paper body Aimpervious to moisture, so as to prevent it from absorbing the contentsof the bottle, as well as to impart a preservative quality to the inkand prevent corrosion of the metallic neck D, an interior coating, 6, ofpitch or other water-proof and preservative preparation, is applied tothe bottle,as shown in the drawing. The waterproofing-liquid may be bestapplied by filling the ink-bottle with such compound before the top 0 isadjusted, then secure the top in place and pour the water-proof compoundout through the neck of the bottle, thus obtaining a complete anduniform coating of the interior of the paper bottle and its neck,whereby absorption and corrosion are elfectually prevented when thebottle is subsequently filled with ink.

The stopper F may be made of wood and coated with pitch, parafline, orlike material, or an ordinary cork or other stopper may be employed.

The advantages of an ink bottle or can constructed as described, andhaving an elastic water-proofed paper body, will be apparent in itsdiminished cost and weight as coiinpared with vessels heretofore in usefor like purposes. This construction also obviates the liability ofbreakage from freezing of its contents when exposed to low temperatures,and

further decreases the risks of transportation,

and renders it possible to procure low rates of freight. These featuresare important to the trade, in which large quantities of ink in packrigid material, a metallic neck, D, p rovided with spout E, a stopper,F, and an interior waterproof coating, 1), substantially as de- 15scribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LEVI H. THOMAS.

Witnesses: v

LoUIs BECKHARDT, WM. P. VVILLIAMS.

